FESTIVALS: Documentary Triumphs at Latvian National Film Festival
RIGA: The documentary film Ruch and Norie won four awards at the 27th edition of Latvia’s The Great Christopher/Lielais Kristaps festival of national films.
Baltic Event Ready to Kick Off
TALLINN: The 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will present eight projects in its inaugural International Works in Progress alongside 13 projects of the Baltic Event Co-production Market and 14…
FNE DocBloc: People from Nowhere
JIHLAVA: Latvian producer Antra Gaile is in early production with People from Nowhere, a Cold War era documentary directed by Estonian director Jaak Kilmi.
Shooting Wrapped for New Drama from Andrzej Wajda
WARSAW: Andrzej Wajda revealed the details of his new film Afterimages at a special press conference held in Warsaw after the principal photography wrap on 3 October 2015.
True Crimes with Jim Carrey and Christoph Waltz to Shoot in Poland
WARSAW: The US crime drama True Crimes directed by Alexandros Avranas will start shooting on 7 November 2015 in Krakow. Opus Film is the Polish co-producer. Jim Carrey and Christopher…
GRANTS: Latvia Announces Documentary Film Grants in 2015
RIGA: National Film Centre of Latvia confirmed 114,501 EUR to six projects in the second documentary film grants session of 2015.
Malta Call for Coproduction Grants
VALLETTAŁ The Malta Film Commission has announced a call for applications for the Malta Co-Production Fund 2015-2016.
Beta Cinema Picks up Scarred Hearts
MUNICH: Beta Cinema will handle world sales for Scarred Hearts directed by Radu Jude. The film is in production.
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival: Chemo
WARSAW: Bartosz Prokopowicz's debut feature Chemo is one of two Polish films in the main competition of the 25th Cottbus Film Festival which opened on 3 November 2015.
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival: Fair Play
PRAGUE: Andrea Sedláčková’s third feature film Fair Play screens in the main competition of the Cottbus Film Festival which runs through 8 November 2015.
PRODUCTION: Hocevar Preps Balkan Doc Avenge
JIHLAVA: Slovenian producer Danijel Hocevar of Vertigo and debuting documentary feature director Marija Zidar pitched their doc project Avenge during the Balkan Documentary Center panel during the 19th Jihlava IDFF.
Body to Premiere in Italy
WARSAW: Body, Małgorzata Szumowska’s 2015 Berlinale Silver Bear winner, will open in Italian cinemas on 5 November 2015 distributed by Cine Club Internazionale.
Home Care acquired by M-Appeal
PRAGUE: M-appeal, a Berlin based international sales company, have acquired the Czech/Slovak coproduction Home Care.
Hervé Payan to Replace Linda Jensen as HBO Europe CEO
LONDON: Hervé Payan, currently CEO of HBO Nordic, will become CEO of HBO Europe as of 1 January 2016, replacing current CEO Linda Jensen who announced her departure at the…
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2015: Demon
WARSAW: Demon, Marcin Wrona's adaptation of Piotr Rowiecki's play about a paranormal case, will screen in the main competition of the 25th Cottbus Film Festival running 3-8 November 2015, following…
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2015: Family Film
PRAGUE: Prague-trained and based Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu, winner of the 2012 Czech Critics “Discovery of the Year” award, screens his second feature Family Film in the main competition of…
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2015: Siska Deluxe
LJUBLJANA: Siska Deluxe by Jan Cvitkovič is competing at the 25th edition of Cottbus Film Festival running through 8 November 2015. The film had its world premiere in Montreal and…
Polish Court Rejects US Extradition Request in Roman Polański Case
KRAKOW: A Polish court has decided that the US claim to extradite Roman Polański from Poland is unwarranted. The decision, which is not legally binding, was announced on 30 October…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Under the Sun Wins CEE Competition, No Prize in Czech Competition
JIHLAVA: Vitaly Mansky’s documentary about life in South Korea seen through the life of a Korean family and their young daughter, Under the Sun, won the best film in the…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Czech Doc Funding Stirs Controversy
JIHLAVA: The decision by the jury of the Czech national documentary competition Czech Joy at the 19th Jihlava IDFF which concluded on 1 November 2015 echoed hints of a problem…
